Meanings
alternative non-electrical
- not comparableNot electrical; not operated by electricity.
Since the power was out, we used an old-fashioned nonelectrical can opener.
- not comparableNot capable of conducting electricity.
plural nonelectricals
- One who is not an electrical engineer.
Moreover, the Power System is run largely by electrical engineers, who occupy the top two positions. In the past, nonelectricals who have made it into upper management circles seem to be exceptions […]
1981, Marc J. Roberts, Jeremy S. Bluhm, The Choices of Power: Utilities Face the Environmental Challenge, page 2651 more example
For our final example let us finish the problem posed in the introduction to this chapter. The ideas and formulas needed will be familiar to electrical students, and would be handy for nonelectricals to know as well.
2011, Paul A. Calter, Michael A. Calter, Technical Mathematics, page 275Antonyms: electrical
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who is not an electrical engineer.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishelectrical
- Englishnonelectrical
From non- + electrical.
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